Hi Everyone,

Im having Tein Basic Coilovers fitted next week and lowering the front 30mm and the rear 20mm. When its all done ill need to have the cars alignment adjusted to suit.

Are the setttings on the Altezza the same as the Lexus IS200. Will the standard settings be ok now its lowered?

Thanks

Not sure if there the same matey but cant see why not on the Is200 and Tezza? But if your lowering the car i would reccomend getting the geometry set up, as when you lower the car it will push the camber out like it did with mine and makes the handling quite crap, and the rear on mine would slide in the dry and was horrible in the wet? Plus if you have it set up it will save on inside tyre wear

Worth a trip to WIM even if its a bit of a drive for a set up

pretty much yes, althought there are some very slight variations due to different chassis weight.

would be better to get WIM to have a look at work out the ideal perfect settings if you can

Thanks for the replies. WIM is a long way from me and I have a local garage that can do Geometry setup but they only have the Lexus IS200 in the system not the Altezza. If there are only minor differences ill let them know and see what they can do.

well 99.999% of most places using the readily available data steel seem to get it wrong.

for a perfect set up.


its worth the trip, trust me, i have recently moved from the South West and used to travel there, people come down from scotland......

So the altezza does have camber and toe adjustment does it? As my last car didnt and when i lowered it the tyres were wearing on one side only.

Found these on another forum. Are these correct only for OEM suspension and ride height

Front side slip 0±5
Front camber -0°30'±45'
Front caster 6°05'±45'
Front king pin angle 9°25'±45'
Front toe in 1±2mm
Rear camber -0°55'±45'
Rear toe in 2±2mm

for OEM yes,

There's a Research topic on lowering a Tezza in the clubs knowledge base..... If i recall it's from stock height to -20mm 30mm 40mm 50mm and took two years to compile.